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"Behind walls is a book about the art of gardening, captured with stunning photography. It is also a reference book where readers can discover the names of plant varieties and see how they can work together, and it is a guidebook introducing readers to the Charterhouse and its 650 year history."--
Shows how to make use of walls, fences, trellises, gates, hedges, espaliers, shrubs, and climbing roses in garden design
This series highlights the all-important details of garden design in a delightful collection of essays by world-renowned garden writers. Osler shows how a garden wall can provide shelter and add mystery to any garden. 50 four-color photographs.
This volume is a sourcebook of styles, materials and practical advice, providing information on what you need to choose, design and construct the framework and main features of your garden. Simply organized, it provides detailed descriptions of each feature or material, suggestions for combining different elements, and symbols that indicate cost, durability and ease of use.
A systematic set of guidelines and an inspiring store of models for designers, builders, horticulturists, and landscape architects. Walls are fundamental elements of garden and landscape architecture, defining borders, creating spaces, and providing protection. This book, organized by construction method, construction materials, and type of finish, introduces the rich design potential of this structural element, from traditional dry walls to works of land art.
Sometimes called "Green Walls" or "Vertical Gardens," living walls are easier than ever to plan and grow! Grow a Living Wall is the first wall-gardening book to focus exclusively on the needs of home gardeners. Make your vertical garden environmentally friendly and sustainable. It's easy with author Shawna Coronado's help! One of her themed vertical gardens is stocked mostly with flowers to make it a haven for bees and other pollinators. Other gardens are filled with vegetables and herbs so anyone with an outdoor wall can grow their own food - beautifully! Even more gardens promote aromatherapy or medicinal plants. Some are designed to provide a green net of air filtration near a living area...
Discusses the practical techniques required to make planting on roofs and walls a reality, from modifying roofs to bear the weight of vegetation to selecting suitable plant materials.
Provides a thorough grounding in basic garden landscaping skills and offers a range of projects to show how to put them into practice. For both experienced and novice do-it-yourselfers, this book covers a wide range of different garden boundaries: trellises, walls, fences, gates, screens, living boundaries, hedges, and entrances. With twenty stylish and varied projects, this book suits all tastes and budgets, and enables you to create boundaries that you can enjoy for years to come. The specially commissioned photography and step-by-step text make this book both inspiring and easy to use.--From publisher description.